It is always a dandy surprise when you find the something great in unexpected surroundings. Discovering primo vintage duds at a flea market is an example. Well, such is the case with the Liberty gas station on SW 22nd Avenue and Coral Way. Like any other station, you can pull…
Today marks the grand opening of Cha Cha Rooster at Lords South Beach at Nash. Now there’s a mouthful, huh?Speaking of full mouths, Cha Cha invited us to preview their menu so we took a few pics for ya last week.Adora greeted guests at the bar and helped them get…
Kingdom, the friendly open air bar/eatery on Biscayne Boulevard is closed. The place, which offered 20 kinds of beer and normal sports bar type chow, was a favorite on Main Street Miami. You could watch both high rollers and bums commiserate about everything from Dolphins losses to the high price…
I visited Harrison’s Sports Grill in search of something specific–namely, the BBQ brisket that I had heard so much about. I was even willing to forgo the brisket for any other barbecued meat they had on hand, but alas, there was none. Indeed, Harrison’s food was somewhat of a disappointment…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Good news: Jimmy’z Kitchen is crossing over from South Beach to Wynwood at 2700 N Miami Ave, Miami (ground floor of the Cynergi building). The second location of…
Read the first part of this interview with Icebox Café’s owner Robert Siegmann and chef Andrea Landini here. C’mon–surely you have time. We know you aren’t really working today, anyhow.So how did Icebox Café at MIA come about?I always felt, as a traveler and a foodie, that good food at…
Let’s take time this week to laugh at all those Northerners shivering and bemoaning the excessive dirty white stuff requiring them to wear ugly boots, down-filled clothing, and hats that either make them look like bank robbers or members of the Russian military. Down here, while we saunter around in…
Annually, Art Basel inadvertently gives birth to new restaurants in the city. Just as Hollywood lines up blockbuster debuts at the onset of Oscar season, opening dates for dining venues are moved up (or pushed back) to coincide with the start of the nation’s largest art fair. One of this…
One of the bloggers here at Short Order recently wrote to Santa about the quality of service in Miami restaurants — noting that we don’t have any and we would really like some. Unfortunately, this is true across the board, whether you pick up a fork at a Sobe hotspot…
Israel “Izzy” Valdes is a single dad whose kids “could never decide where they wanted to eat. It was always either Chinese food, or McDonald’s, or stuff like that. So I thought ‘If they can’t decide, how many other people really can’t decide where to go?” So Izzy got busy…
Sustain Restaurant & Bar opened to the public this past Saturday. I was invited to Friday’s social media preview (complimentary) dinner.The space is airy and open. Most eye catching is a massive wooden rib cage structure hanging along one wall, which managing partner Jonathan Lazar told us is made of…
Knaus Berry Farm bakery probably makes the best cinnamon rolls anywhere in the world. We can’t guarantee it, but most people who’ve had them agree. “The recipe isn’t neccessarily secret, but we don’t share it,” says Thomas Blocher, bakery manager. He has been in charge for the past 27 years…
Were you knocked out by yesterday’s interview? If not, read part one again… or we’ll beat you up.New Times: You’ve got tons of photos of celebrities on your walls. Who’s the most famous you’ve cooked for?Marc Randazzo: I cooked for President Clinton and his wife. And a lot of fighters…
A morsel lifted from next week’s main plate Cafe review:We were started with a few slices of baguette and a black plastic ramekin of cold, hard butter — seconds before our Mediterranean appetizer platter arrived, served with warm, partly blackened triangles of pita. The hummus was fresh and well-lubricated with…
Oh where, oh where has Jonathan Eismann been? Before he recently shuttered three of his four restaurants, including Pacific Time, we heard rumblings he was consulting with the Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove. But when we interviewed him, he was as cagey as a pregnant nun. Now verifiable…
[This just in: Beginning tonight and running through December 23, bring your Fighter movie ticket stub to Randazzo’s and get a free set of ‘balls. Meatballs, that is. And we promise they’ll be bigger than the ones you may already have.]Okay, we’ll admit it. We were a little scared to…
Those tall, glossy glass business and condo towers that cut into the downtown Miami sky, emblematic of the soaring times of not so long ago hover over an amalgamation of prosaic grey streets that never saw the sunshine of those golden days. Some sassy new shops and eateries, however, have…
Time flies when you’re having fun…or taking over the world one pork bun at a time. Sakaya Kitchen turns 1 this Friday. At this time last year, Richard Hales and his wife, Jenny, opened their doors to a foodie community starved for something new and different. Nervous and angst-plagued all…
A new truck is in town and its all about the burgers and nuts. The Dos Lokos Burgers Nuts Truck owned by Carlos Loko and Josh Loko. It opened on December 10. The two guys thought cruising around Miami selling beef would be much more fun than working the average…
We must have been good this year!There is a new website that offers major discounts (how does 30 percent off your bill sound?) at some of the best restaurants in Miami. BargainBite.com is kind of like Groupon (if you haven’t checked it out–do so) in that it presents its visitors…
If you haven’t stuffed your face with enough cookies yet this holiday season, we have just the treats for you. These recipes will bring a smile to your face and a question to your lips: Whynhell would anyone really want to try these sweets?Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip and Bean CookiesA cookie made…
Rickenbacker Fish Company Restaurant and Fresh Fish Market is brand new, and located right at the end of the Rickenbacker Causeway — a guppy’s throw from the Rusty Pelican and possessing equally breathtaking views of Biscayne Bay and downtown Brickell.The menu looks to be a typical driftwood-inspired waterfront-seafood-house. Starters include…
